Datsugoku is a Japanese KAC Famicom prison escape game with its prisoner orchestrating his flight through cells, courtyards and watchtowers. The representation offers infiltration phases and top down puzzles in an original Japanese formula close to Castle Wolfenstein. Without western release, curiosity for atypical 8 bit Famicom action fans.
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Action Adventure1 player12+
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Prison-break action adventure inspired by jailbreak arcade tropes, dodging guards through corridors and hidden passages. Published by Kaga Tech, released in Japan in 1985. Stealth, key-hunting and tense getaway sequences. Japanese Famicom edition.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Released as early as December 1985, Datsugoku is among the first Famicom titles from Kaga Tech, a very sparse third-party publisher on the system. That vintage, paired with a small original run for this obscure arcade-style prison-break game, makes it a target for completists of the very early Famicom library. Its complete value, far above loose, reflects the scarcity of this pioneering-era box, never reprinted.
